cisco packet installation

1. the .rar ending of the file name usually indicates that it is a rar-compressed file archive. You should be able to unpack it with the "rar x filename" command (see rar's man pages for details)

2. There are instructions how to install packet tracer on the web, e.g. http://www.unixmen.com/installing-cisco-packet-tracer-linux/

You will need:

sudo apt-get install rare unrar unp

You can then extract the archive with:

unp filename

What is the file name? There may be a PPA

Hello,

Thank you for your reply but the command you gave me does not work.
Here is the output:

$ sudo apt-get install rare unrar unp
[sudo] password for stan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package rare

Here is the file name:

1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar

As far as the above website goes, I looked at it and it was a bad website and the commands they listed there are so confusing, I would never be able to install it on my system.

I do have a virtual machine installed on ubuntu, it is possible to set it up so it will run
a windows program?

I would be grateful for more help.

Thank you

was probably a typo error, or wrong autocorrection

sudo apt-get install rar unrar unp

If you have virtual machine software installed on your Ubuntu system, then of course you can also install a windows system in it. You need a windows installation kit (e.g. an installation CD/DVD)

Ok, the above command worked.
I downloaded the rar unrar unp.

i tried the above command to unpack the file: unp filename
and in place of the filename I put the file name which is :

but it did not unpack the file due to some problem.
here is the output:

$ unp 1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar
Cannot read 1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar, skipping...
WARNING: There were errors while processing files!

Any ideas what is wrong with this?

Thank you

Did you cd into the directory where the downloaded file is located?

What is the output of

file 1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar

or, if that says "file not found"

file ./Downloads/1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar

(or whatever the directory and file names are)?

I am not an expert at Ubuntu. I do not understand a lot of commands.
Although I learned a lot from reading and from the help on the help on this technical
page.

Here is the output of the above command.

$ file ./Downloads/1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar
./Downloads/1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar: RAR archive data, v1d, os: Win32

Ok, now try (in a terminal window)

unp ./Downloads/1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar

this should unpack the archive.
What you then have to do as next step depends on the contents of the file. Wasn't there some kind of instruction provided at the source where you got that .rar file from?

BTW, unp extracts to the folder you are currently in. You can see this by running:

pwd

If you want it in the same folder then run:

cd ~/Downloads

Then run the unp command given by Manfield.

Ok, great!!!! your command worked. Thanks,

But now what do I do with it?
Here is the output:

 unp ./Downloads/1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar

RAR 5.21 beta 2 Copyright (c) 1993-2015 Alexander Roshal 31 Jan 2015
Trial version Type RAR -? for help

Extracting from ./Downloads/1402682400wpdm_packet-tracer.rar

Creating packet tracer without toturial OK
Extracting packet tracer without toturial/Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1 for Windows (no tutorials).rar OK
Extracting packet tracer without toturial/Password.txt OK
All OK

I clicked on the link and now it says I need to enter a password for the packet tracer.

There was something that said in the rar download to go to this website to get the password: http://clixtk.com/Des
But it went to some website to complete a bunch of offers and provided no password at all. I think it just wanted a bunch of personal info.

Maybe it was just a scam.

Are you sure that the package that you downloaded is the genuine Cisco Packet Tracer for Linux? Did you get that from an official source, or from some dubious download page on the web?
I am not sure whether "Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1 for Windows" is usable on Linux.

ok, I guess this is not going to work for me

There are several people using cisco packet tracer on Ubuntu (and other Linux variants).

Just googling for "cisco packet tracer for linux" brings up loads of hits including links to download the right files.

(Note: I am not fully aware of the rules and regulations with respect to licensing that you have to obey when installing and using cisco packer tracer.)